We’ve heard from just about everyone on the topic of Kim Kardashian’s racy Paper magazine cover, but save for a few tweets and Instagrams, we haven’t heard much about the shoot from the model herself…that is, until now. The reality star paid a visit to Australian TV show The Project to dish on her latest, greatest feature. While Kim has been criticized by the propriety police about the cover, the reality star says she feels very confident about her decision to take off her clothes for photographer Jean-Paul Goude.

“I was so honored and excited to work with [photographer Jean-Paul Goude] because he is a legend, and for me that was something I wanted to do to make myself feel confident,” she said. “As a role model I’m not saying anyone else should do that, but for me it was an art project and it taught me to do what you want to do. I’m never one to preach, but I felt really positive and really good about myself. I love the photos, I did it for me, I hope other people like them.”

In the interview, Kim also revealed that she balanced that champagne glass on her booty herself — no Photoshop needed. But that’s not to say she didn’t pay for her acrobatic efforts. “My back hurt for about a week after that shoot…I used muscles..[Goude] has an art of posing you and it was definitely not comfortable.”

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